Israel also is battling Hamas-backed militiamen in the Gaza Strip claiming to hold an Israeli soldier missing since an ambush last month.(AP)
There are no quote marks in that sentence, I also wonder if AP 'claims' to be a true news organization.
They always do that. The lead in a typical AP piece goes something like this:
7 Palestinians were senselessly slaughtered in a wanton Israeli missle attack on what Israel claims was a b0mb factory.